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    MK18 Boarding rifle

    I got out of the Navy back in 95 to join the Army. I have no idea what I was thinking so....... It sure did suck going from an M-14 to an M16. Not even an A1. My first issue weapon didn't even have a forward assist. I made the best with what I had though. I retired just after 9-11 so missed out...
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    MK18 Boarding rifle

    Man, I would have joined the army earlier if they had made me carry one of those. All I ever carried in boarding parties was an M14 and a good old 45. I set up an M60 on the deck of a couple freightors before too but those were special circumstances. The M14 was it back then. I'm talking 80's...
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    Building a M14 on an Armscorp Receiver?

    I'm a gunsmith and I built about 20 rifles on armscorp receivers in the past month. All of them were completely perfect. I cant say the same about all the rest. Fulton receivers, made by armscorp are great and so are enterprise when you can get one. I haven't done many of them but from prior...
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    1917 enfield eddystone

    mil-tec is a company offering refurbished ones. A little on the pricey side too. Eddystones are fine rifles for the M1917. I have a winchester too. The winchester had a nicer looking parkerized finish and browned bolt from the factory while the eddystone was all parkerized. I am sure it...
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    M1 Garand Check Out

    I always wondered how they checked headspace with a dirty chamber half full of cosmoline. Test firing too with all the cosmo in there. Scary! I've never got a BAD one but the last couple had minor problems. One had a broken op rod spring and the other the gas cylinder was one of the cut ones and...
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    Parkerization - standards and practices??

    I just had fun on a couple of M1917's. A winchester and a Eddystone. I rebarreled both with brand new from the wrapper JA military barrels that I got real lucky finding. The receivers and attached parts came out great but the barrels were surface hardened really good. I had to redo them twice...
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    what Leupold scope for a

    They have the front focal scopes out on the market now that do away with that problem. I always turn it all the way up when I use the mildots out of habit though. For rings if you are gonna go for out to a thousand yards with a 223 I would get the high or extra high ones so you have enough...
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    what Leupold scope for a

    I almost always recommend the mark 4 rings. I personaly don't care for QD styles as they CAN come loose at the worst time. I have only heard of it happening to one of my customers but still. I wouldn't want it happening to me.
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    Parkerization - standards and practices??

    Shooters solutions is good stuff. If you are gonna do it at home that is the brand I recommend. It's the easiest to use. I use Brownells and it works just as good but does need special things done to a new batch to season it. It's kindof a pain. The SS stuff doesn't require anything special at...
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    Parkerization - standards and practices??

    Gas tube on what type of rifle? You can't parkerize them on a US service rifle. They are made of stainless. I do something else to make them the same color. Some of the chinese M-14 clones have a different grade of stainless in the gas system that does parkerize but I see less and less of them...
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    what Leupold scope for a

    What type of reticle is up to you. I prefer duplex myself. I shoot to 1000 yards often with just a 3x9. My favorite leupold is the Mark 4 LR/T 3.5-10x40 M3 Matte Mil-Dot. The model is 51850. That one has been extremely popular in the store. I use one a lot too. I try not to recommend a mildot to...
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    CAI Garand?

    I have pretty much the same feeling as you on the receivers. FWIW though that isn't a bad price. The parts may be worth a relook at it. Gunparts corp often has real GI receivers in stock to fix that receiver. The only CAI receiver I have really looked at close had the rear sight index marks...
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    Class III "Back Door" Might work ???

    I have to pay a yearly property tax on everything my company ownes. Personal property tax they call it. As far as class 3 ffl and machine guns go there is no longer such a thing as class 3. A class 01 dealer can do "class 3" NFA firearms now. I just went all through this at the ATF office...
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    Gun Log? Do you keep one?

    I use the point blank software for my personal firearms and handload data. That is one nice program and best of all it is free! I use the log book from the ATF for my guns in the shop.
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    What to soak my trigger assembly in to remove cosmoline???

    I normally use the parts washer in the shop with varsol but recently I switched it out to simple green. It doesn't work near as good but it does work. You just have to do some more brushing. Then when it's about clean I use a can of brake clean on it. On that Yugo make real sure you get the...
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    Steel Pot, Protective Value

    I got a ricochet 30 cal in the head once with a modern kevlar helmet on. I'm not sure exactly where it hit but the left ear piece was blown to splinters and my ear was cut. That's all I got thankfully! It was two bullets coming off the ground and one got me in the body armor on my left chest and...
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    Parkerization - standards and practices??

    I do parkerizing almost every day as a living. I have found that different materials in the sand blaster produce different finishes. Glass beads generaly come out very light colored at the end and silicon carbide blasting comes out very dark. Sanding and polishing all depends on the way it was...
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